Bottle-carrier.



J. W. DAWSON.

BOTTLE CARRlER.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT. z. 1915.

1,200,924. Patented Oct. 10,1916.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

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BOTTLE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7. 1915.

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" Sa ctum orrion JOSEPH wfnnwson, or s'r. Louis, ivirssonnnassrenoa T0annY-wriHMILLnR MACHINERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION, or ivirssounr.

. BOTTLE-CARRIER.

Patented Oct. 1o, 1916.

Application filed October 7, 1915. Serial No. 54,510.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. Dawson, acitizen of theUnited States of America, a resident of the city of St.Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification. I 1 a I r My invention relates toimprovements in bottle carriers, particularly adapted for use in bottlesoaking machinesof the type shown in Patent No. 981,962, Wehmiller 8:Dawson, Jan. 17, 1911. I 7

Generally stated, the objects of the invention are to improve severalfeatures of the machine shown in the prior patent.

. The prior structure includesbottle hold I ers in the form of bucketswhich travel into the bottle holders being a liquid receptacle, guidedin their movements so that the bottles ,passing into the liquidreceptacle will fill with liquid and thereafter discharge The bottlesare loosely supported inthe bucketsof the earlier structure, and as theytravel downwardly into theliquid, the loose bottles slide along a wallof the receptacle. In 7 actual practice, I have found that bottles aresome times retarded by frictionally engaging the receptacle wall, and asthe bottle holder continues its movement, the retarded bottle isliableto be crushed or otherwise in jured. It may also be noted thattheearlier machine is adapted toreceive bottles of dif ferentdimensions, but ,if the {buckets are large enough to receive the largeststandard milk bottle, they are not well adapted to carry a small creambottle in the manner it should be conducted through the liquid.Therefore, one of the objects of the inven tion is to produce a bottlecarrier'of this type adapted to serve as .a most efiicient meansfoncoriducting any of the various standard milk and cream bottlesthrough the cleansing fluid.

A'no-ther object is toprovide a bottle carrierhaving shock absorbers forpreventing breakagewhen' the bottlesare introduced into the bottleholders; The 1 shock absorbers I have shown are also adapted to preventthe bottles from being injured while.

"A further object toproduce a bottle holder having tubular bottlereceiving stems which extend into the bottles to serve as air vents,thus permittingthe-bottles to fill quickly when "they enter the liquid,also permitting, them to empty quickly when they passfrom thefliquid. Ii

1th the foregoing andother objects in view the invention comprises thenovel con struction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore specifically. de-" scribed" and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings wherein is. shown the, preferred embodiment of theinvention;however, it is to be understood that theinvention comprehends changes,variations and modifications which come within the scope of the claimshereunto appended;

Figure I is a side elevation, partly in section, illustrating a a bottlesoaking machine equipped with a bottle carrier constructed in accordancewith the invention. Fig. II is a top or. plan view of the machineshownin Fig. I, the middle portion'of the structure being broken away.Fig. III is a detail view of .one of the bottle holders. Fig. IV is anenlarged vertical line IV-IV, FigzIII. r i v To illustrate the inventionI have shown a tank A adapted to receive caustic-soda solution,or othercleansing liquid, side frames 1 mounted on said tank, a power shaft 2journaled in said side frames, an idle shaft 3 a djustably supported bybearings 4, and a shaft 5 located within thestank A., The m'eansfordriving and guiding the bottle carrier also includes sprocket wheels 6fixed to the shaft 2, sprocketwheels 7 fixed to the shaft .3, andsprocket wheels 8 fixed to shaft o. The bottle carrier comprisesa pairofsproc'ket chains 9 each of which passes around the sprocket wheels atone sideof the machine. The bottle. holders include 'a series ofconnecting bars 10 extending across the machine and secured at theirends to the sprocket chains 9. Each connecting bar 10 is provided with arow of tubularbottle-receiving stems 12 and shock absorbers B associatedwith said stems. The inner end of each tubular stem is screwed into aconnecting bar 10 (Fig. IV), and for a purpose which( will behereinafter described, the longitudinal passageway 12 of each stem isopen at both ends of the stem. Each shock absorber B is preferably ahelical spring section on having its inner end secured to a stem 12,

- as shown at 13 in Fig. IV. The outer end portion of each shockabsorber eiite'nds beyond the outer en-dict the tubul'arstem with iwhich it is associated, and the coils, ofthis extended portion areclosely fitted together,

the resiliency ofthe shock absorber beiiig dueto the-separated coils;let; The object in closely fitting thecoils, to each; other at theouter'end of each shock absorber is to produce. a flexible extension,14', having its elements. so arranged thatthe adjacent end (if the stem,12; will not be accidentally caught between them;

FigrIIIZ shows that the bottle. holders are adapted to receivethe;various; standard milk andrcream bottles, and; that-the bottoms of thedifierent bottles will 1 lie". in substantially the same horizontalplane. ;;The bottles are "introduced onto the bottle holders' at thepoint C "(Fig.1 1) and disohargedtherefrom atithezpointzDl LL'The shockabsorbersj'B. en.-

gag tm bottoms of; the; battles to prevent breakage; when the; bottles"are. placed on the bottle; holders- In passing ,downwardly from.thezpoint (1, the. bottles are, tilted and permitted toengagethejvertica1 wall l5vof 'thetank A. It will be? understood thatthebottles are. loosely supported byfthebottle' holders. and that thewallt15 serves asmeans for. retainingsaid bottles on the holders; The:bottles .are' frictionally engaged with the wall 15, andif "accidentallyretarded by l such ffrictionalt engagement, they will be yieldingly.pushed along by the free. end portions ofYthe helical springs which liewithinc'the bottles at points. near their lower ends. The bottles alsoslide along the curved bottom wall 16, an di'the power, for forcing thebottles along this wall isl transmitted through "the helicallsprings.After passing i i to apoint opposite the wall .16, the bottle holdersare tilted, and the'bottles dropby I gravity: ,to positions .whereintheywillnot engage said wall; 1

l 17 -designates'curvied-tracksfor guiding the sprocketchains :9 atthe-discharge point D. As the chains passpover these tracks the bottleholders are tilted in' 'such armanner that the 7 bottles will drop j by.gravity onto a runway W '18leadingto arinsingtank 1 9.,The bottle vcarrier moves-very slowly-, so thatthe bottles aresubjected'to theaction of the liquid fora-.considerable:periodof time, an'dowing to.this extremely slow movement, all of the bottles may not drop from the.bottle holders at the predetermined discharge point,

unlessitheyare acted upon :by. some force which willpositivelyreleasethem from the bottle holders. "I, therefore, guide the sprockets-chain sin such. a manner that the V bottle*-holder -at the "discharge pointwill strikeKanother:bottlefholderitoi positively release thehottle atthe predetermined point. 'Ir'tFi'ggI I have shown-a bottle holder apthebottles while the mouths of saidxbottles.

proaching'the point at which the bottles are to be discharged therefrom,and'it will be noted' that this bottle holder is moving in the directionofthe arrow- 20,while another bottle holder is moving downwardly asindicated by the arrow 21. Obviously, the bottle holder from which thebottles are to be discharged will strike the other bottle holdenwi-ththe result of shaking the bottles to positively release them at thedischarge point. r

W hen the bottles enter the liquid in tank A-,"they aretilted asshown bydotted-lines at theright side of Fig. I, and at this. time the tubularbottlerreceiving stems 12 :will

serve as vents, permitting air. toJflowffrom z the. liquid isrushi nginto bottle-receiving stem, lies partly within the bottle, associatedtherewith andpartly he ,YQnd the-mouthrofisaidjbottle, and when; the

ottle nevesdownwardly, intothe liquid, an

open; end of, the tubular. stem (liesin. the plane bottle to a oint.abovethe surface of the Each tubular.

above the mouth of said bottle, thus permitting air to escape fre ly.froin the liquid. Howeven; when the bottles; travel upwardly at, theleft side ofitank A (Fig. I the tubular. bottle-receiving members feX-tend topoints below the mouths of the hot tles associated therewith, andas the bottles pass from the bodyofliquid in the tank,

thesetubular members serve as airv vents which permit air to flowintothe tilted bottles while the liquid is flowing from the mouths ofsaid bottles.

I, claim:

v 1. A bottle carrier comprisinga traveler provided with a series, ofbottle-receiving stems adapted-to liewithin'the bottles, eachof saidstems being spring-having a yieldable end member-Which lies beyond theouter end of vent (the bottles from striking said end of the stem. i Q

A bottle carrier com-prisinga traveler provided with a series ofbottle-receiving stems adapted to lie within the bottles, and

.steins adap ed to lie withinthe'bottles, the

inner end "portions of the, b'ot'tlesreceiving stems of each row beingsecured to saidfcom provided with a. cushion in approximately the samehorizontal plane,

and shock absorbers, associated With said bottle-receiving stems,adapted to lie within the bottles to prevent the bottoms of the bottlesfrom striking the outer ends of said stems.

i. A bottle conveying device comprising a slidevvay, and a--yieldablebottle pushing device for moving bottles along said slideway, saidbottle pushing device including bottle pnshers in the form of bottlereceiving stems adaptedvto lie Within the bottles and shock absorbersassociated With said stems, said shock absorbers being extended fromsaid stems to yieldingly engage the inner faces of the bottles,

5. A machine of the character described comprising a slideway, and abottle pushing device for moving bottles along said slideway, saidbottle pushing device including bottle pushers in the form of a seriesof bottle-receiving stems adapted to lie Within the bottles; and shockabsorbers extending from the outer ends of said stems so as to engagethe inner faces of the bottles and to push said bottles along saidslidevvay.

' 6. A machine of the character described comprising a slideway, and abottle carrier including a pair or sprocket chains, connecting devicesuniting said chains, rows of bottle-receiving stems adapted to lieWithin the bottles, the inner ends ofthe bottle-receiving stems of eachrow being secured to copies of this patent may be obtained for one ofsaid connecting members, springs ex tending from the outer endsof saidstems to serve as shock absorbers, said stems extending downwardly atpoints adjacent said slideway so that the bottles held thereby are freeto drop onto and slide along said slide- Way, and the shock absorbersbeing arranged to engage the inner faces of the bottles to push saidbottles along said slideWay.-

7. A bottle carrier comprising a flexible traveler, bottle holderssecured to vsaid flexible traveler, and means for guiding said travelerand bottle holders totilt the bottle holders at a predetermined point,thus permitting the bottles tov drop from the carrier,

a portion. of said carrier being inthe path of a portion of the tiltedbottle holder at said predetermined point so that said portions Willengage each other to shake the tilted bottle holder at saidpredetermined,

point.

8. A bottle carrier comprising sprocket chains, bottle holdersconnecting said sprocket chains, and means, for guiding said sprocketchainsandbottle holders to tilt the bottle holders at a predeterminedpoint, thus permitting the bottles to drop from the carrier, a portionof the tilted bottle holder being located in the path of a portion ofanother bottle holder so that the last mentioned bottle holders Willstrike each other at said predetermined point torrelease the bottlesfrom the tilted bottle'holder.

JOSEPH W. DAWSON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, cWashington, D. 0.

